DEV KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.29522 of 2026 -1- 223 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.29522 of 2026 Date of Decision: 27.05.2026 Dev Kumar ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ ***** Present: Mr. Jitender Singh Dadwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Raj Karan Singh, AAG, Punjab. ***** RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J. (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed praying for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.0145, dated 18.07.2023, under Sections 302 & 34 IPC (Section 34 of IPC deleted lateron and Sections 148, 149, 120-B of IPC added later on)), registered at Police Station Sadar Ludhiana, District Ludhiana. 2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that FIR in the present case was got registered on the statement of complainant, namely, Jaspreet Singh, who is brother-in-law of Baninderdeep Singh (since deceased). It was alleged that his younger sister got married on 25.02.2013 with Baninderdeep Singh. In the year 2017, both had gone to Canada and returned back to India in the month of March. It was alleged that on 18.07.2023 at about 12:15 PM, his sister Sukhbir Kaur informed RITTU the complainan